I am definitely not a Tik Tok person, but gave it my best shot here! Many thanks to @alecgreaney.com and his team for their expert guidance and for helping our bird flu story reach new audiences. www.tiktok.com/@nbcnews/vid...

This is a great firsthand account of the devastation bird flu is causing for poultry farmers

Why am I wearing this ungodly amount of PPE?

Because I wanted to understand — up close — what it is like when bird flu wipes out your entire chicken farm.

What a harrowing story from @suzykhimm.bsky.social on the realities of bird flu on a chicken farm --

"They began piling the bodies outside in the snow. Most lay dead on the coop floor. A few had died inside the red nesting boxes with their heads sticking out."

NEW: The mass, indiscriminate firing of federal workers included the USDA's foremost experts on invasive pests and dealt a body blow to an inspection system designed to keep harmful bugs and diseases out of the U.S.

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Reintroducing myself! Hello, I'm a national reporter for NBC News based in Washington DC, where I've covered the federal government for the past 17 years.

I'm currently investigating bird flu, food safety, and the USDA under the Trump administration.

DeepSeek is the richest news story in forever. There are so many angles — tech, business, geopolitics, energy — with huge implications. Our entire near-term economic vision is upended. If you’ve read anything especially great, drop in the replies, I can’t get enough analysis this week.

Public health expert warn that bird flu could morph into the next pandemic — right as RFK and Trump's other anti-vax nominees could be taking the helm.

“It keeps me up at night," one former Biden advisor told me. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

This investigation by @suzykhimm.bsky.social and @lewiskamb.bsky.social is beautifully reported and written.

"It’s a danger that gunmakers have been aware of since the advent of the first semiautomatic pistols — yet it continues to kill." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... @nbcnews.com

A note about this story: The reporting was started by my friend, Susan Carroll, before her sudden death this spring.

The trove of public records that are the basis for the article were sitting in her email; we found them after she died, then worked to finish her story.

Read it for her, please.

A thing a lot of people don't understand about journalism is that a big part of the job is chasing leads that don't pan out and never get published.

After a great two years, I’ll be stepping down as
@semafor.com’s Washington bureau chief at the end of the month.

It’s been a joy leading our politics team, building the daily Principals newsletter from scratch, and editing
@daveweigel.bsky.social in Americana every week!

I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

Two important DOGE points:

1. Federal employment is near historic lows
2. Eliminating 25% of those employees would reduce federal spending by 1 percent (or less, since contractors would probably end up doing the work) www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

It's *snowing* here in Maryland! ~10:30 a.m.

RFK time = time to follow @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social, if you don't already!!

Hi everyone! I'm an investigative reporter for NBC News who will be covering the impact of Trump 2.0 on federal agencies, including HUD, CPSC, DOL, and USDA.

If you work for/with federal agencies, or have concerns you'd like to flag, please reach out!
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